While Janice and I were legally wed on July 22, 2005, it wasn't until two months later, on September 24, that we finally celebrated with friends and family. (My thanks to Mom, Anna and Andrew, Eric Gushee, Ernesto and Trina Arzaga, Kenneth Chau, and Hyong Kim for taking and sharing your photos with me.)

In February 2003, my brother, Andrew, and his then girlfriend Anna Corfield adopted a cat from a DC animal shelter. I imagine Qin-Qin (which means "kiss" in Chinese) will be the subject of many photographs in the years to come.

Andrew's friend David Frey (whose last-minute business trip in September 2001 led to my meeting Janice for the first time) came out to Fairfax with his wife Helen, their baby Kyla, and Helen's parents for a scrumptious Mom-made dinner.

When the parents are in Mexico, the children will play. Photos from Riffat and Enayet's June 4 house party. Per the Evite, Janice and I arrived dressed like rednecks. We were the only ones that got the messsage.

On April 8, 2005, just two months shy of my six-year anniversary, I logged off my ASI workstation for the last time and celebrated my resignation with current and former co-workers at Coastal Flats restaurant.

Marc Ribaudo, a longtime friend from Paris, arrived in the US on September 16, 2004 to attend my brother Andrew's wedding. He stayed for a week with Janice and me and kept us entertained the whole time.

On April 10, 2004, 70 family members, friends, former colleagues, and neighbors descended on the Fairfax home to celebrate Dad's 80th birthday. My brother Andrew and I put together a retrospective slide show for the occasion, which has been reproduced here.

Well, it's Groundhog Day, again, and that can only mean one thing: five of us made the trek to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where we stood in the cold for hours, waiting to bear witness to the brief sunrise ceremony.

His beach plans rained out, Juan Escalada coordinated an activity-packed Memorial Day weekend in the DC area. I joined him, his brother Borja, and former co-worker Ben Morris for a Saturday morning hike.

Per my brother Andrew's request, five photos from Christmas 1973 in Okinawa, Japan, when our mother gave us handsewn Kamen Rider costumes. Kamen Rider was a motorcycle-riding superhero, second only to Ultraman in popularity.

Eri Tatsui and I were the sole Active Matter representatives at co-worker Eric Gushee and girlfriend Michele Lee's 2002 potluck dinner and pumpkin carving party, held this year at their new apartment in Kensington, Maryland.

15 of us from the Sunday pick-up crowd formed a team and entered a tournament at the Bretton Woods Country Club August 24-25, 2002. In four games we were stomped on, stormed on, and ultimately finished last.

To celebrate Mother's Day, May 12, 2002, 7 of us (Mom, Dad, Andrew, Anna Corfield, Eric Magruder, Gene Huh, and I) met at RFK Stadium to watch this "Nike Road to Korea" international friendly. The US won 2-1.